Mumbai,
August 25Mumbai was reduced to a state of
panic today as two powerful bomb blasts claimed more than 46 lives and
injured more than 200. The bombs, made from high-grade explosives, were
hidden in the boots of taxis parked at the Gateway of India and the
crowded Zaveri Bazar, a few kilometres from each other. In
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The mangled remains of a taxi destroyed in a bomb blast lies in front of the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday. — Reuters
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Heart-rending
scenes in hospitalsMumbai, August 25It was a terrifying experience for
some schoolchildren when the body of a person killed in today’s blast
here, fell out of a van, right in front of their bus. The deceased were
being taken to the J. J. Hospital for post-mortem when the driver
applied the brakes and the body fell out from the police van,
chock-a-block with the remains of the dead.

Army
experts flown to MumbaiNew Delhi, August 25As the Mumbai administration is
trying hard to cope with the aftermath of the two high-intensity blasts
which have claimed over 45, the
Centre this evening ordered explosive experts from the National Security
Guard and Army to be flown to the metropolis to help in investigations.

Dawood
behind blastsArrests on anvil; Bangalore,
Hyderabad next targetsNew
Delhi, August 25Central agencies have warned that
Bangalore and Hyderabad could be the next targets of Pakistan-aided
terrorists after today’s bomb blasts in Mumbai in which India’s most
wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim and his D Company have been used in a big
way.

Dissolve
House, Maya tells GovernorBJP withdraws support; seeks
sack of CMLucknow, August 25In a fast-paced political
development the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today recommended
dissolution of the state Assembly and holding of an early election in
the state besides severing ties with BJP, while its alliance partner
demanded the immediate sacking of the Chief Minister.

Evidence
of temple found: ASILucknow, August 25The Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI), which carried out an excavation in Ayodhya, has claimed
to have found a 10th century temple beneath the Babri mosque site in
its report which was made public by the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad
High Court today.
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